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Reducing predation by common ravens on desert tortoises in the Mojave and Colorado deserts

by: Boarman, William I

Publication date: 2002

Topics: Desert tortoise, Desert tortoise -- Protection -- West (U.S.), Ravens -- West (U.S.), Wildlife management, Desert tortoise, Desert tortoise -- Protection, Ravens, Wildlife management, United States, West

Publisher: Sacramento, Calif : U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center

Collection: blmlibrary; fedlink; americana

Contributor: Bureau of Land Management Library

Language: English

Item Size: 86.3M

iii, 33 pages ; 28 cm

"Conflicts between humans and natural populations often result from habitat fragmentation and degradation that accompanies human activities. Common raven populations in the Mojave Desert have benefitted by human-provided resources; they've expanded precipitously in recent years. Because ravens prey on juveniles of the threatened desert tortoise, they have become the focus of management concerns to help recover dwindling tortoise populations. I have outlined herein a series of management recommendations designed to reduce raven predation on desert tortoises thereby facilitating juvenile tortoise recruitment into the population of reproductive adults. The recommendations are based on the best available scientific information and are intended to provide a basis for a long-term reduction in raven impacts"--Page i

Includes bibliographical references (pages 27-33)

"July 18, 2002."